- Date
- February 24, 1968
- Place
- Ferndale, WA · FERNDALE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4545Beech D18SN8062CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111769
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2123 68/2/24 NR.FERNDALE,WASH PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1701 N8062C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLINGHAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 330 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - NOT INSTALLED REMARKS- BOTH PLTS FAILED TO SEE EACH OTHER. N4545 LANDED SAFELY.N8062C CRASHED.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2123 68/2/24 NR.FERNDALE,WASH BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1701 N4545 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 46, 6680 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 2 0 0 183 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLINGHAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - FLIGHT SERVICE STATION RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 150 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- BOTH PLTS FAILED TO SEE EACH OTHER. N4545 LANDED SAFELY,N8062C CRASHED.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4545
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bellingham
- Registration
- N8062C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bellingham
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